Now totally revised — the 3rd edition of The Ten-Day MBA includes the latest topics taught at America’s top business schools, including leadership, corporate ethics and compliance, financial planning, and real estate. This internationally acclaimed guide (more than 200,000 copies sold in the United States and around the world) distills the material of the most popular business-school courses taught at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, an. See Details >>
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Ten Days, Ten Weeks, Ten Months…Whatever,
There is a major development now underway in the publishing world (eg “Chicken Soup for Dummies Who Want to Make Billions in E-Commerce”) which explains my apprehension as I began to read Steven Silbiger’s book. In fact, it is an excellent piece of work. He organizes most of the material within ten “daily” segments. For those unwilling and/or unable to earn an MBA degree but who wish to strengthen their business knowledge and skills, I highly recommend this book. From my perspective, it provides at least three major benefits:
First, the quality of writing is quite high: Silbiger does NOT “talk down” to his reader. Dim-wits and knuckle-draggers will derive little (if any) benefit from this book.
Second, as thoroughly as time and space allow, the material is presented (exactly as promised) as a “step-by-step guide to mastering the skills taught in America’s top business schools.”
Third, however long it takes to absorb and digest the information provided (ten days, ten weeks, or ten months), the reader will gain a sound working knowledge of subjects which include marketing, ethics, accounting, organizational behavior, quantitative analysis, finance, operations, economics, and strategy. Silbiger also includes several “MBA Mini-Courses” and then brief discussions of research, public speaking, negotiating, international business, and business law. In his Introduction, Silbiger observes: “My goal is make you familiar with the significant MBA tools and theories currently being taught at the leading business schools and to help you understand and develop the MBA mind-set.” He achieves his goal. Can this book take the place of an MBA degree? Of course not. Can this book increase substantially a reader’s business knowledge and skills? You bet. It has already done so for more than 200,000 readers and it will continue to do so for many others in years to come.
If you decide to purchase this book, take very seriously the learning opportunities it offers. (Why else buy it?) Proceed with rigor and focus. Highlight key points and take notes along the way, then review them at the conclusion of each “Day.” Stick to the study schedule you deem most appropriate for you. Maintain a journal in which you record your reactions and reflections as you learn. Perhaps one day Silbiger will write a “Fieldbook” to accompany this one. Meanwhile, let a journal become your own “Fieldbook.” Record in it your experiences when applying what you have learned. In doing so, you may well create for yourself a decisive advantage when competing with those who so proudly possess an MBA degree from one of “America’s top business schools.”
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|Excellent guide to MBA concepts, jargon, and skills,
Highly recommended. Gives the reader a good working knowledge of management concepts, tools, and formulas. This should be mandatory reading for any new employee, regardless of industry or expertise. Some highlights:
1) Break even unit volume (how much to produce to break even) = fixed costs / selling price of product – variable costs
2) A balance sheet is a snapshot of the company’s holdings at any time. Assets = Liabilities+ Owner’s equity. If the records do not balance, then there is a mistake.
3) Overview of quantitative analysis: how to calculate EMV (expected monetary value), cash flow modeling, net present value, IRR (internal rate of return), and probability distributions.
4) A major drawback of the corporation is double taxation: taxation as an entity, and also taxation on dividends.
5) CAPM (capital asset pricing model) determines the rate of return necessary to compensate for that inherent risk of a particular investment. (e.g. is that stock worth buying)
6) Even if you do not work in operations, it will help you to understand the meaning of key acronyms: MRP (master resource plan), BOM (bill of materials), SPC (statistical process control), CPM (critical path methodology), EOQ (economic order quantity)
7) Good history of economic thought: Keynes (positive effect of government fiscal spending), Friedman (government should only focus on money supply), Smith (invisible hand), Schumpeter (creative destruction), Laffer (supply side)
9) The author recommend these two books as compulsory business reading: Michael Porter’s [Competitive Strategy] and [Competitive Advantage].
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|If you’re even thinking about getting an MBA, read this!,
I’m a software developer who’s always had a mind for business. I’ve worked for a few start-ups and even started a few myself. My wife has an MBA and I had been thinking of going to school for an MBA when I found this book. My wife read parts of it and confirmed that it is the same material in an MBA program. Now I won’t claim this book will teach you everything you’ll learn in an MBA school (obviously), but I will claim this is a great book for anyone considering an MBA as well as for anyone who has one and wants to brush up on the material. The author presents the most important information tought in business schools, at a high level although full of real examples. What I liked most was how he gave specific real life examples, sometimes true and sometimes ficticious. For example, one that I remember off the top of my head, he explains how Quaker bought Snapple when it was popular but couldn’t win the battle against Coke and Pepsi and ended up selling it at a huge loss. There’s tons of real life examples like that. I like the style of the book, because he presents the material at a high level and if you want to go into detail you can pursue the subjects that interest you on your own. I also like his touch of humor, which keeps the book interesting. Overall I cannot recommend this book enough!
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